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Table 7 Confirmatory Factor Analysis for the total sample, and for the three study samples separately

From: Cultural differences in positive psychotic experiences assessed with the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences-42 (CAPE-42): a comparison of student populations in the Netherlands, Nigeria and Norway

CAPE-Pos frequency				Absolute goodness of fit			Comparative fit
CAPE-Pos frequency	χ^2a,b	df^c	p	RMSEA^d (90% CI)	CFI^d	SRMR	AIC^b	BIC^b,e	Factor loadings
Whole sample (n = 786)^f
1-factor model^g	677	152	< 0.001	0.082 (0.075; 0.088)	0.824	0.060*	29,905	29,962	0.307–0.681
3-factor model^h	459	149	< 0.001	0.063 (0.056; 0.069)*	0.898	0.050*	29,566	29,627	0.316–0.786
5-factor modelⁱ	320	142	< 0.001	0.048 (0.041; 0.056)*	0.942*	0.041*	29,372	29,443	0.348–0.904
Dutch sample (n = 245)^f
1-factor model^g	344	152	< 0.001	0.082 (0.071; 0.094)	0.573	0.085	4035	4048	0.029–0.541
3-factor model^h	317	149	< 0.001	0.074 (0.063; 0.086)*	0.656	0.083	3973	3987	0.278–0.679
5-factor modelⁱ	218	142	< 0.001	0.051 (0.037; 0.064)*	0.845	0.068*	3868	3884	0.299–0.988
Nigerian sample (n = 380)^f
1-factor model^g	407	152	< 0.001	0.073 (0.064; 0.081)*	0.742	0.070*	16,591	16,620	0.103–0.580
3-factor model^h	314	149	< 0.001	0.059 (0.049; 0.068)*	0.836	0.063*	16,478	16,510	0.143–0.728
5-factor modelⁱ	254	142	< 0.001	0.050 (0.040; 0.059)*	0.888	0.053*	16,423	16,460	0.217–0.737
Norwegian sample (n = 161)^f
1-factor model^g	359	152	< 0.001	0.100 (0.087; 0.114)	0.455	0.103	3904	3901	0.095–0.533
3-factor model^h	316	149	< 0.001	0.087 (0.074; 0.100)	0.600	0.094	3825	3822	0.185–0.944
5-factor modelⁱ	301	142	< 0.001	0.086 (0.072; 0.099)	0.626	0.091	3816	3812	0.211–0.971

^aYuan-Bentler scaled test-statistic, ^bRounded to nearest integer, ^cItem no. 41 dropped, due to (near-)zero variance in Dutch and Norwegian samples (i.e. [virtually] all scores = 1), ^dRobust RMSEA and CFI from the scaled test-statistic, ^eSample size adjusted Bayesian BIC, ^fMissing data points were processed using listwise deletion, ^gCAPE-Pos one-factor structure as originally reported by [67], ^hCAPE-Pos three-factor structure as reported by [25], ⁱCAPE-Pos five-factor structure as reported by [26], *Meeting minimally acceptable fit criteria: CFI ≥ 0.90 [75], RMSEA ≤ 0.08 [76], SRMR ≤ 0.08 [77]

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